Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
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There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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  • Sparking@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    4 months ago

    I thought the whole point was to cool big servers - where does the heat go in space?

    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      It’s also in the article, which is actually a pretty good read. The short version is is very hard to make heat go anywhere, and you can only radiate it away, which is slow and inefficient compared to even basic air cooling.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    That’s what I already said weeks ago, when some stupid rich idiot first came up with this…